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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
introgression /ˌɪntrə(ʊ)ˈgrɛʃ(ə)n/

▶noun Biology the transfer of genetic information from one species to another through hybridization and repeated backcrossing.

– origin C17: from L. intro- ‘to the inside’ on the pattern of egression, ingression.

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